Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug 16, 2026 (AFP) - Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 80: police

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Another eight bodies were retrieved from Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba on Sunday to take the death toll from this week's ferry capsizing to 80, police said. The overloaded passenger ferry run by the government's Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in a rare accident on the vast lake on the border with Zambia. "The Kariba RIDA boat accident death toll is now 80 following the recovery of eight more bodies......

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